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Description

MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze is an incredible new metal-filled PLA-based filament with approximately 80% of bronze filling. This incredible high filling with bronze powders enables every FDM 3D printer user to 3D print bronze objects which are almost indistinguishable from genuine bronze.

Printer Suitability

The extremely high bronze filling of MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze has resulted in an incredibly heavy filament with a density of 3.4 g/cc. Unlike other metal-filled filaments MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze can be printed on full metal, PEEK, and PFTE hot-ends and can perfectly be printed with 0.4mm nozzles. This makes MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze basically perfectly suitable for all FDM 3D printers. You can even enable retraction settings on both direct drive extruders, as well as on Bowden style extruders, which is a truly unique feature for a metal-filled filament.

MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze is a very easy to print material and ensures stable 3D printing results on basically all types of FDM 3D printers. This makes MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze a perfectly suitable filament for beginners and intermediate 3D printing enthusiasts, whereas other metal-filled filaments are only suitable for experienced users.

Post processing MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze

Brushing and/or sand grindingOnce printed MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze objects can very easily be brushed with a brass brush or sanded with a fine grid sandpaper. By brushing and/or sand grinding your printed object you will brush/shine up the high concentration of bronze powders.

Patina post processingYou can create several patina effects on MetalFil™ – Ancient Bronze printed objects in just one day time. With an ammonia and soda treatment you can for instance easily create a beautiful ancient blue weathering effect on your bronze object.

Waxing and coatingAfter every above mentioned post-processing measure. You can always wax or coat your printed object to get an incredible shine effect. Waxing can be done with products such as beeswax. For coating one can think about products such as XTC-3D.AbrasivenessPlease be aware that MetalFil™ filaments contain a very high concentration of metal powders, which have an abrasive nature. In general these metal powders will accelerate the nozzle-wear of brass nozzles, much faster than unfilled filaments. We recommend to use nozzles from stainless steel or other hardened alloys.

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